JP7710191B2 - Notification system, notification method and program - Google Patents

Description

The present disclosure generally relates to a notification system, a notification method, and a program, and more specifically to a notification system, a notification method, and a program that provide notifications based on information regarding a user's location.

Patent Document 1 is an example of a conventional system that manages information related to user locations. The entrance/exit management system described in Patent Document 1 comprises at least one gate installed at a predetermined position on the side of an aisle, a transmitter and receiver provided at the gate, a detection device, a camera, and a control unit. The detection device detects the passage of a wireless tag with a predetermined responsiveness based on the results of operating the transmitter and receiver. The camera takes still or video images of people passing through the aisle. The control unit compares the image data received from the gate unit with images in a list of people scheduled to pass stored in a database, and determines whether or not the person does not need to be monitored.

JP 2006-079270 A

In the entrance/exit management system described in Patent Document 1, although an administrator can monitor the entrance/exit of users, the users themselves cannot use the results of the monitoring of their entrance/exit.

The present disclosure aims to provide a notification system, notification method, and program that notifies a user based on information related to the user's location and enables the user to know whether or not he or she is in a location according to a schedule.

A notification system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a schedule acquisition unit, a positioning unit, and a notification unit. The schedule acquisition unit acquires schedule information of a user. The positioning unit identifies a position of the user based on beacon signals received by a plurality of scanners. The plurality of scanners receive the beacon signals including identification information of the user from a terminal carried by the user. The notification unit notifies the user according to a correspondence relationship between information regarding a time and a position at which a predetermined action of the user is performed and the predetermined action, which is included in the schedule information, and information regarding the position of the user at the predetermined time identified by the positioning unit.

A notification method according to an aspect of the present disclosure is executed by one or more processors. The notification method includes a schedule acquisition process, a positioning process, and a notification process. The schedule acquisition process acquires schedule information of a user. The positioning process identifies the location of the user based on beacon signals received by a plurality of scanners. The plurality of scanners receive beacon signals including identification information of the user from a terminal carried by the user. The notification process notifies the user according to a correspondence relationship between information regarding the execution time and execution location of a predetermined action of the user and the predetermined action, which is included in the schedule information, and information regarding the location of the user at the predetermined time identified by the positioning process.

A program according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a program for causing one or more processors to execute the notification method.

The present disclosure has the advantage that the user can know whether or not he or she is in a location according to the schedule.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a notification system according to one embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the notification system.

Below, a notification system, a notification method, and a program according to an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the embodiment described below is merely one of various embodiments of the present disclosure. The embodiment described below can be modified in various ways depending on the design, etc., as long as the object of the present disclosure can be achieved. In addition, each figure described in the embodiment described below is a schematic diagram, and the ratio of the size and thickness of each component in the figure does not necessarily reflect the actual dimensional ratio.

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As shown in Fig. 1, the notification system 1 of this embodiment uses a positioning system (LPS: Local Positioning System) that measures the position of the terminal 5 in a facility by communicating between multiple scanners 4 and the terminal 5. The terminal 5 is carried by a user. Identification information is assigned to the terminal 5, and the notification system 1 distinguishes between the multiple terminals 5 based on the identification information. The notification system 1 specifies the position of each of the multiple terminals 5 using the positioning system. The notification system 1 treats the position of the terminal 5 determined using the positioning system as the position of the user corresponding to the identification information.

The number of users may be one or more. When there are multiple users, each of the multiple users carries a terminal 5. The notification system 1 distinguishes between the multiple terminals 5 based on the identification information of each of the multiple terminals 5, and is thereby able to identify the locations of the multiple users individually. The notification system 1 manages the behavior of each user based on the identified location information of each user. In this embodiment, the management of the behavior of one user out of the multiple users will be described, focusing on that user. The management of the other users is performed in a similar manner.

In this disclosure, a "facility" refers to, for example, an office building, a factory, a commercial complex, a library, an art gallery, a museum, an amusement facility, a theme park, a park, an airport, a train station, a stadium, a hotel, a hospital, a residence, etc. In addition, a "facility" may be, for example, a moving object such as a ship or a railroad car.

In this disclosure, a "terminal" is, for example, a mobile terminal carried by a user who uses a facility, such as a communication terminal such as a smartphone. Furthermore, the "terminal" in this disclosure is not limited to a smartphone, but may be a tablet-type mobile terminal or a terminal dedicated to a positioning system such as a tag. Furthermore, a "terminal" may be owned by a user or may be borrowed.

The notification system 1 of this embodiment includes a schedule acquisition unit 31, a positioning unit 21, and a notification unit 32. The schedule acquisition unit 31 acquires schedule information of the user. The positioning unit 21 identifies the user's location based on a signal received by the scanner 4. The scanner 4 receives a signal including the user's identification information from a terminal 5 carried by the user. The notification unit 32 notifies the user according to the correspondence between information regarding the execution time and execution location of a specific action of the user included in the schedule information and information regarding the user's location at the specific time identified by the positioning unit 21.

According to this embodiment, the user can know whether or not he or she is in a location according to the schedule.

For example, the notification system 1 is used in an office. In the office, specific rooms (such as conference rooms) are used on a reservation basis, and the schedule information includes information on the room reserved by the user (execution location) and the reservation time (execution time). The notification system 1 sends a notification to users who are using the room after the reserved time to encourage them to leave, and sends a notification to users who have not arrived at the room by the reserved time to encourage them to come to the room.

As another example, the notification system 1 is used in a hospital. In the hospital, medical examinations are performed by appointment, and the schedule information includes information on the reception location (execution location) and appointment time (execution time) of the examination reserved by the user. The notification system 1 sends a notification to a user who does not come to the reception desk at the reserved time, urging them to come to the reception desk.

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(1) Overall Configuration As shown in Fig. 1, the notification system 1 includes an LPS server 2 and a cloud server 3. One or more scanners 4 are installed in a specific space (e.g., a specific room) of the facility. Users who use the facility carry terminals 5.

Each of the LPS server 2, cloud server 3, scanner 4, and terminal 5 includes a computer system having one or more processors and memory. At least some of the functions of each of the LPS server 2, cloud server 3, scanner 4, and terminal 5 are realized by the processor of the computer system executing a program recorded in the memory of the computer system. The program may be recorded in the memory, or may be provided via a telecommunications line such as the Internet, or may be recorded on a non-transitory recording medium such as a memory card and provided.

The LPS server 2 has a positioning unit 21, a first communication unit 22, and a memory unit 23. The cloud server 3 has a schedule acquisition unit 31, a notification unit 32, a first communication unit 33, and a memory unit 34. The scanner 4 has a first communication unit 41, a second communication unit 42, a memory unit 43, and a processing unit 44. The terminal 5 has an operation unit 51, a display unit 52, a first communication unit 53, a second communication unit 54, and a memory unit 55.

The positioning unit 21, schedule acquisition unit 31, and notification unit 32 merely indicate functions realized by the notification system 1 and do not necessarily indicate actual configurations.

(1.1) First Communication Unit The LPS server 2, the cloud server 3, the scanner 4, and the terminal 5 can communicate with each other via the first communication units 22, 33, 41, and 53. That is, the "first communication unit" in this disclosure can communicate with other "first communication units." In this disclosure, "capable of communication" means that signals can be transmitted and received directly or indirectly via a network or a repeater, etc., by an appropriate communication method such as wired communication or wireless communication.

The communication method of the "first communication unit" is, for example, a communication method conforming to the Ethernet (registered trademark) standard, or Wi-Fi (registered trademark), etc.

(1.2) Second Communication Unit The second communication unit 42 of the scanner 4 and the second communication unit 54 of the terminal 5 are used as components of a positioning system that measures the position of the terminal 5. The second communication units 42, 54 have a communication function for performing wireless communication using radio waves. The communication method of the second communication units 42, 54 is, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark) Low Energy or WiFi (registered trademark), etc.

The second communication unit 54 of the terminal 5 transmits a beacon signal Sig1, which is a wireless signal. The beacon signal Sig1 is, for example, a wireless signal called an advertisement packet. The second communication unit 54 wirelessly transmits the beacon signal Sig1 at a predetermined time interval and with a predetermined transmission power. The second communication unit 42 of the scanner 4 receives the beacon signal Sig1 transmitted from the second communication unit 54. The beacon signal Sig1 contains identification information of the terminal 5. The identification information is, for example, a Bluetooth (registered trademark) Device Address.

(2) Terminal (2.1) Operation Unit and Display Unit The operation unit 51 of the terminal 5 is a user interface that accepts operations by a user. The terminal 5 responds to operations on the operation unit 51. The operation unit 51 is, for example, a button, a touch panel, or a combination of these.

The display unit 52 is a display such as a liquid crystal display. The display unit 52 displays display information related to the terminal 5. For example, the notification unit 32 of the cloud server 3 generates a notification signal related to a notification to the user and transmits it to the terminal 5 via the first communication unit 33. The display unit 52 displays the content of the notification indicated in the notification signal from the notification unit 32.

If the terminal 5 has a touch panel display, the touch panel display may serve as both the operation unit 51 and the display unit 52.

(2.2) Storage Unit The storage unit 55 of the terminal 5 stores information about the terminal 5. The storage unit 55 stores identification information of the terminal 5.

(3) Scanner (3.1) Storage Unit The storage unit 43 of the scanner 4 stores information about the scanner 4. The storage unit 43 stores identification information of the scanner 4.

(3.2) Processing Unit The processing unit 44 of the scanner 4 determines the received signal strength indication (RSSI) of the beacon signal Sig1 received by the second communication unit 42 of the scanner 4.

(4) LPS Server (4.1) Storage Unit The storage unit 23 of the LPS server 2 stores the position information and identification information of the multiple scanners 4. For example, when the multiple scanners 4 are installed in a facility, the facility manager or the like registers the position information and identification information of the multiple scanners 4 in the LPS server 2. Alternatively, the position information and identification information of the multiple scanners 4 are transmitted to the LPS server 2 from the multiple scanners 4, for example.

(4.2) Positioning Unit The first communication unit 41 of the scanner 4 transmits the beacon signal Sig1 received by the second communication unit 42, the identification information of the scanner 4, and information on the received signal strength of the beacon signal Sig1 calculated by the processing unit 44 to the LPS server 2. The positioning unit 21 distinguishes between the multiple scanners 4 based on the identification information. The beacon signal Sig1 transmitted to the LPS server 2 includes the identification information of the terminal 5.

The positioning unit 21 of the LPS server 2 identifies the user's position based on the beacon signal Sig1 received by the multiple scanners 4. The positioning unit 21 acquires position information for each of the multiple terminals 5 by performing positioning calculations for each of the multiple terminals 5. Specifically, the positioning unit 21 identifies the position of the terminal 5 (i.e., the user's position) by performing three-point positioning using the position information of the multiple scanners 4 that received the beacon signal Sig1 and the received signal strength of the beacon signal Sig1 measured by each of the multiple scanners 4. More specifically, the positioning unit 21 identifies the coordinates of the user in the area where the user is located. The area where the user is located is, for example, a specific facility, a specific building, or a specific room. In addition, when the user is in a building with multiple floors, the area can be distinguished by floor of the building.

The positioning unit 21 transmits information about the identified user's location to the cloud server 3 via the first communication unit 22.

(5) Cloud Server (5.1) Schedule Acquisition Unit The schedule acquisition unit 31 of the cloud server 3 acquires user schedule information via the first communication unit 33. The schedule information is input, for example, by the user operating a device such as the terminal 5 or a personal computer, and is transmitted to the cloud server 3. The schedule acquisition unit 31 stores the acquired schedule information in the storage unit 34.

The schedule information includes information regarding the execution time of a predetermined action of the user and the execution location of the predetermined action. The schedule information includes, for example, information regarding what the user will do, where, and from what date and time. In other words, the schedule information includes information regarding what action the user will do at what execution time and at what execution location.
Table 1 shows an example of schedule information for a certain user A.

Note that information about what the user will do ("Action" in Table 1) does not need to be included in the schedule information.

(5.2) Notification Unit The notification unit 32 notifies the user. The notification unit 32 of this embodiment notifies the user by transmitting a signal related to the notification to the terminal 5. More specifically, the notification unit 32 transmits a notification signal including notification information to the terminal 5 via the first communication unit 33. The display unit 52 of the terminal 5 performs display according to the notification information. That is, the display unit 52 displays the contents of the notification from the notification unit 32. This realizes notification to the user. For example, when the user starts an application such as an email service or a chat service installed on the terminal 5, the display unit 52 performs display according to the notification information.

The notification unit 32 refers to the schedule information and information related to the user's location identified by the positioning unit 21 to determine whether or not to notify the user. This allows the notification unit 32 to identify whether or not the user is at the execution location. In other words, the notification unit 32 can identify whether or not the user's location matches the execution location. The execution location included in the schedule information may be, for example, an area such as a specific facility, a specific building, or a specific room, or may be an even smaller section within the above-mentioned area.

As described above, in this embodiment, the positioning unit 21 identifies the coordinates of the user. If the area including the user's coordinates matches the execution location included in the schedule information, it is said that the user's location matches the execution location. If the area including the user's coordinates does not match the execution location included in the schedule information, it is said that the user's location does not match the execution location.

(5.2.1) Notification when Execution Time is Different The execution time included in the schedule information includes a start time (start time), an end time (end time), and the time between the start time and the end time. The notification unit 32 notifies the user when the execution location of a predetermined action of the user included in the schedule information matches the user's location specified by the positioning unit 21 at a time different from the execution time.

For example, referring to code 1 in [Table 1], user A plans to perform a specific action (a meeting with B and C) in the first conference room from 10:00 to 11:00 on February 1. In this case, for example, if the current time is 8:00 on February 1 and user A is in the first conference room, the notification unit 32 notifies user A. For example, the notification unit 32 displays the message "The meeting in the first conference room will be from 10:00 to 11:00. Please leave the room" on the display unit 52 of the terminal 5 carried by user A. In this way, the notification unit 32 notifies the user when the execution location of the user's specific action included in the schedule information matches the user's location identified by the positioning unit 21 before the start time of the execution time. This makes it possible to alert the user who will be using the conference room before the start time of the meeting.

For example, if the current time is 11:05 on February 1st and user A is in the first conference room, the notification unit 32 notifies user A. For example, the notification unit 32 displays the message "The conference in the first conference room will be from 10:00 to 11:00. Please leave the room" on the display unit 52 of the terminal 5 carried by user A. In this way, the notification unit 32 notifies the user when the execution location of a specific action of the user contained in the schedule information matches the user's location identified by the positioning unit 21 after the end of the execution time. This makes it possible to alert users who use the conference room after the end of the conference room.

The notification unit 32 may notify only once when the conditions for notification for one action are satisfied, or may determine whether the conditions are satisfied at a predetermined time interval and notify each time the conditions are satisfied.

As described above, the schedule information is input, for example, by the user operating a device such as the terminal 5 or a personal computer, and is transmitted to the cloud server 3. For example, the user inputs the time when he plans to perform a specific action. The execution time included in the schedule information referred to by the notification unit 32 may be a time changed based on the time input by the user. The execution time included in the schedule information may include surplus time before or after the time input by the user in addition to the time input by the user. For example, if the meeting time is from 10:00 to 11:00, at least one of the time from 9:50 to 10:00 and the time from 11:00 to 11:10 may be the surplus time. In this example, the execution time is, for example, from 9:50 to 11:10.

Alternatively, the execution time included in the schedule information may end earlier than the time entered by the user. For example, if the meeting time is from 10:00 to 11:00, the execution time may be, for example, from 10:00 to 10:50.

(5.2.2) Notification when the execution location differs Furthermore, the notification unit 32 notifies the user when the execution location of a specified action of the user included in the schedule information does not match the user's location identified by the positioning unit 21 at the time that coincides with the execution time.

For example, referring to code 1 in [Table 1], user A plans to perform a specific action (a meeting with B and C) in conference room 1 between 10:00 and 11:00 on February 1. In this case, for example, if the current time is 10:00 on February 1 and user A is in a location other than conference room 1, the notification unit 32 notifies user A. For example, the notification unit 32 displays the text "A meeting is scheduled to start at 10:00 in conference room 1" on the display unit 52 of the terminal 5 carried by user A. This makes it possible to alert users who are not attending the conference even when the start time of the conference has arrived. It also reduces the effort required for others to search for the location of such users.

The notification unit 32 may notify only once when the conditions for notification for one action are satisfied, or may determine whether the conditions are satisfied at a predetermined time interval and notify each time the conditions are satisfied.

The execution time included in the schedule information referenced by the notification unit 32 may be a time that has been changed based on the time input by the user. The execution time included in the schedule information may include the time input by the user as well as surplus time before that time. For example, if the meeting time is from 10:00 to 11:00, the time from 9:50 to 10:00 may be the surplus time. In this example, the execution time is from 9:50 to 11:00.

Alternatively, the execution time included in the schedule information may be a time that starts later or ends earlier than the time entered by the user. For example, if the meeting time is from 10:00 to 11:00, the execution time may be, for example, from 10:10 to 10:50.

(5.3) Storage Unit The storage unit 34 of the cloud server 3 stores schedule information.

(6) Operation Example Next, an operation example of the notification system 1 will be described with reference to Fig. 2. Note that the flowchart shown in Fig. 2 is merely an example, and the order of the processes may be changed as appropriate, and processes may be added or omitted as appropriate.

The notification unit 32 refers to the schedule acquired by the schedule acquisition unit 31 and determines whether the current time is the execution time (step ST1). If the current time is the execution time (determination: YES), the process of step ST2 is executed, and if the current time is not the execution time (determination: NO), the process of step ST3 is executed.

In step ST2, the notification unit 32 refers to the user's location identified by the positioning unit 21 and determines whether or not the user is in the execution location. In step ST2, if the user is in the execution location (determination: YES), the notification unit 32 does not notify, and if the user is not in the execution location (determination: NO), the notification unit 32 notifies (step ST4).

In step ST3, the notification unit 32 refers to the user's position identified by the positioning unit 21 and determines whether or not the user is in the execution position. In step ST2, if the user is in the execution position (determination: YES), the notification unit 32 issues a notification (step ST4), and if the user is not in the execution position (determination: NO), the notification unit 32 does not issue a notification.

According to the notification system 1 of this embodiment, the user can know whether or not he or she is in a location according to the schedule. For example, it is possible to save others the trouble of alerting a user whose behavior deviates from the schedule. It is also possible to reduce the possibility that the user or others will overlook that the user is deviating from the schedule. Furthermore, it is possible to notify only those users among multiple users who have deviated from the schedule.

(7) Notification Method and Program Functions similar to those of the notification system 1 may be embodied in a notification method, a (computer) program, or a non-transitory recording medium on which a program is recorded.

The notification method according to one embodiment includes a schedule acquisition process, a positioning process, and a notification process. In the schedule acquisition process, the user's schedule information is acquired. In the positioning process, the user's location is identified based on a signal received by the scanner 4. The scanner 4 receives a signal including the user's identification information from the terminal 5 carried by the user. In the notification process, the user is notified according to the correspondence between information regarding the execution time and execution location of a specific user action included in the schedule information, and information regarding the user's location at the specific time identified by the positioning process.

A program according to one embodiment is a program for causing one or more processors to execute the notification method described above. The program may be recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium.

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Modifications of the embodiment will be listed below. The following modifications may be implemented in appropriate combination.

The display unit 52 is not limited to providing notifications by displaying images such as text. The display unit 52 may, for example, include a light-emitting element and provide notifications by changing the lighting state of the light-emitting element.

The notification unit 32 is not limited to notifying by display on the display unit 52. The notification unit 32 may notify by sound (including voice), for example.

Instead of transmitting a signal related to the notification to the terminal 5, the notification unit 32 may notify the user by transmitting a notification signal related to the notification to a device installed at the user's position identified by the positioning unit 21. For example, when the user is in a room, the notification unit 32 transmits a notification signal to a speaker installed in the room. The speaker then notifies the user by sound (including voice).

The positioning unit 21 may identify the coordinates of the user, or may identify the area in which the user is located. One room may correspond to one area, one room may include multiple areas, or one area may be provided across multiple rooms.

The positioning unit 21 is not limited to identifying the user's location by performing three-point positioning using the beacon signal Sig1. For example, the positioning unit 21 may identify that the user is in the area surrounding the scanner 4 when the received signal strength of the beacon signal Sig1 at the scanner 4 is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.

The notification system 1, scanner 4, and terminal 5 in the present disclosure include a computer system. The computer system is mainly composed of a processor and a memory as hardware. At least a part of the functions of the notification system 1, scanner 4, and terminal 5 in the present disclosure is realized by the processor executing a program recorded in the memory of the computer system. The program may be pre-recorded in the memory of the computer system, may be provided through an electric communication line, or may be provided by being recorded in a non-transitory recording medium such as a memory card, an optical disk, or a hard disk drive that can be read by the computer system. The processor of the computer system is composed of one or more electronic circuits including a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) or a large scale integrated circuit (LSI). The integrated circuits such as IC or LSI referred to here are called different names depending on the degree of integration, and include integrated circuits called system LSI, VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration), or ULSI (Ultra Large Scale Integration). Furthermore, a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) that is programmed after the manufacture of the LSI, or a logic device that allows reconfiguration of the connection relationship within the LSI or reconfiguration of the circuit partition within the LSI, can also be used as a processor. The electronic circuits may be integrated into one chip, or may be distributed among multiple chips. The chips may be integrated into one device, or may be distributed among multiple devices. The computer system referred to here includes a microcontroller having one or more processors and one or more memories. Therefore, the microcontroller is also composed of one or more electronic circuits including a semiconductor integrated circuit or a large-scale integrated circuit.

In the embodiment, the functions of the notification system 1 are distributed across two devices (servers): an LPS server 2 and a cloud server 3. In contrast, the functions of the notification system 1 may be consolidated into one device (server, etc.). Also, the functions of the notification system 1 may be distributed across three or more devices (servers, etc.).

The notification system 1 may also include at least one of a scanner 4 and a terminal 5, in addition to one or more devices (servers, etc.) that realize the functions of the LPS server 2 and the cloud server 3.

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The above-described embodiments and the like disclose the following aspects.

The notification system (1) according to the first aspect includes a schedule acquisition unit (31), a positioning unit (21), and a notification unit (32). The schedule acquisition unit (31) acquires schedule information of a user. The positioning unit (21) identifies the location of the user based on a signal received by the scanner (4). The scanner (4) receives a signal including identification information of the user from a terminal (5) carried by the user. The notification unit (32) notifies the user according to the correspondence between information regarding the execution time and execution location of a specific action of the user included in the schedule information and information regarding the location of the user at the specific time identified by the positioning unit (21).

With the above configuration, the user can know whether or not he or she is in a location according to the schedule.

In addition, in the notification system (1) according to the second aspect, in the first aspect, the notification unit (32) notifies the user when the execution location of a specific action of the user included in the schedule information coincides with the user's location identified by the positioning unit (21) at a time different from the execution time.

With the above configuration, the user can know that he or she is in the execution location at a time different from the execution time.

In addition, in the notification system (1) according to the third aspect, in the second aspect, the notification unit (32) notifies the user when the execution location of the user's specified action included in the schedule information coincides with the user's location identified by the positioning unit (21) after the end time of the execution time.

With the above configuration, the user can know that he or she is at the execution position even if the end time of the execution time has passed.

In addition, in the notification system (1) according to the fourth aspect, in any one of the first to third aspects, the notification unit (32) notifies the user when the execution location of the user's specified action included in the schedule information does not match the user's location identified by the positioning unit (21) at the time that matches the execution time.

With the above configuration, the user can know that he or she will not be at the execution location at the execution time.

In addition, in the notification system (1) according to the fifth aspect, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, the notification unit (32) notifies the user by sending a signal related to the notification to the terminal (5).

According to the above configuration, the user can receive notifications using the terminal (5).

In addition, in the notification system (1) according to the sixth aspect, in the fifth aspect, the terminal (5) has a display unit (52) that displays the contents of the notification from the notification unit (32).

With the above configuration, the user can view the contents of the notification.

In addition, the notification system (1) according to the seventh aspect is any one of the first to sixth aspects, in which the positioning unit (21) identifies the coordinates of the user in the area in which the user is located.

According to the above configuration, not only is the area in which the user is located identified, but the coordinates of the user within the area are also identified, so that the notification unit (32) can notify the user according to the user's coordinates.

The notification system (1) according to the eighth aspect is any one of the first to seventh aspects and further includes a scanner (4).

With the above configuration, the user can know whether or not he or she is in a location according to the schedule.

The notification system (1) according to the ninth aspect further includes a terminal (5) in any one of the first to eighth aspects.

With the above configuration, the user can know whether or not he or she is in a location according to the schedule.

Configurations other than the first aspect are not essential to the notification system (1) and may be omitted as appropriate.

The notification method according to the tenth aspect includes a schedule acquisition process, a positioning process, and a notification process. In the schedule acquisition process, schedule information of the user is acquired. In the positioning process, the position of the user is identified based on a signal received by the scanner (4). The scanner (4) receives a signal including identification information of the user from a terminal (5) carried by the user. In the notification process, a notification is provided to the user according to the correspondence between information regarding the execution time and execution position of a specific action of the user included in the schedule information and information regarding the user's position at the specific time identified by the positioning process.

With the above configuration, the user can know whether or not he or she is in a location according to the schedule.

The program according to the eleventh aspect is a program for causing one or more processors to execute the notification method according to the tenth aspect.

With the above configuration, the user can know whether or not he or she is in a location according to the schedule.

Not limited to the above aspects, various configurations (including modified examples) of the notification system (1) according to the embodiment can be embodied in a notification method and a program.

1 Notification system 4 Scanner 5 Terminal 21 Positioning unit 31 Schedule acquisition unit 32 Notification unit 52 Display unit

Claims (11)

A schedule acquisition unit that acquires schedule information of a user;
a positioning unit that identifies the position of the user based on a beacon signal received by each of a plurality of scanners that receives a beacon signal including identification information of the user from a terminal carried by the user;
a notification unit that notifies the user according to a correspondence relationship between information on a time and location of a predetermined action of the user and the predetermined action, which is included in the schedule information, and information on the location of the user at the predetermined time specified by the positioning unit;
Notification system. the notification unit notifies the user when the execution location of the predetermined action of the user included in the schedule information coincides with the location of the user identified by the positioning unit at a time different from the execution time.
The notification system of claim 1 . the notification unit notifies the user when the execution location of the predetermined action of the user included in the schedule information coincides with the location of the user identified by the positioning unit at a time after an end time of the execution time.
The notification system of claim 2. the notification unit notifies the user when the execution location of the predetermined action of the user included in the schedule information does not match the location of the user identified by the positioning unit at the time that matches the execution time.
A notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The notification unit notifies the user by transmitting a signal related to the notification to the terminal.
A notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The terminal has a display unit that displays the content of the notification from the notification unit.
The notification system of claim 5. The positioning unit identifies coordinates of the user in an area where the user is located.
A notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The scanner further comprises:
A notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 7. The terminal further comprises:
A notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 8. A schedule acquisition process for acquiring schedule information of a user;
a positioning process in which a plurality of scanners receive a beacon signal including identification information of the user from a terminal carried by the user, and identify the position of the user based on the received beacon signal;
a notification process for notifying the user according to a correspondence relationship between information on a time and location of a predetermined action of the user, the predetermined action, and information on the location of the user at the predetermined time identified by the positioning process, the information being included in the schedule information;
Executed by one or more processors,
Notification method. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the steps of: causing one or more processors to execute the method;
program.